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Costume design for a shepherd
(1964)
for the opera Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, performed by Sadler’s Wells Opera Company, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 1964

Medium
watercolour, gold paint, pencil and collage of cut and torn paper

Measurements
38.0 × 28.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Peter Corrigan, Member, 1993
© The Estate of Yolanda Sonnabend

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Leigh Maurice / David Kane (crossed out)
inscribed in ballpoint pen u.r.: Goner Morris
inscribed (vertically) in blue ballpoint pen l.r.: chorus.
inscribed (diagonally) in blue ballpoint pen l.r: 2 / chorus.
inscribed in blue ballpoint pen l.r.: shepherd.
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.r.: ORFEO. MONTEVERDI. / SADLERS WELLS.

Accession Number
P56-1993

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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